Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data Management
The complexity of computationally-intensive scientific research poses great challenges for both research data management and research reproducibility. What metadata needs to be captured for tracking, reproducing, and reusing computational results is the starting point in developing metadata models t...
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2016-10-01
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| description | The complexity of computationally-intensive scientific research poses great challenges for both research data management and research reproducibility. What metadata needs to be captured for tracking, reproducing, and reusing computational results is the starting point in developing metadata models to fulfil these functions of data management. This paper reports the findings from interviews with gravitational wave (GW) researchers, which were designed to gather user requirements to develop a metadata model. Motivations for keeping documentation of data and analysis results include trust, accountability and continuity of work. Research reproducibility relies on metadata that represents code dependencies and versions and has good documentation for verification. Metadata specific to GW data, workflows and outputs tend to differ from those currently available in metadata standards. The paper also discusses the challenges in representing code dependencies and workflows.
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc218c80ca844377967e30d706dcb0ab2022-12-22T02:59:25ZengUniversity of EdinburghInternational Journal of Digital Curation1746-82562016-10-0111110.2218/ijdc.v11i1.399Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data ManagementJian Qin0Brian Dobreski1Duncan Brown2Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversityThe complexity of computationally-intensive scientific research poses great challenges for both research data management and research reproducibility. What metadata needs to be captured for tracking, reproducing, and reusing computational results is the starting point in developing metadata models to fulfil these functions of data management. This paper reports the findings from interviews with gravitational wave (GW) researchers, which were designed to gather user requirements to develop a metadata model. Motivations for keeping documentation of data and analysis results include trust, accountability and continuity of work. Research reproducibility relies on metadata that represents code dependencies and versions and has good documentation for verification. Metadata specific to GW data, workflows and outputs tend to differ from those currently available in metadata standards. The paper also discusses the challenges in representing code dependencies and workflows. .http://www.ijdc.net/article/view/399 |
| spellingShingle | Jian Qin Brian Dobreski Duncan Brown Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data Management International Journal of Digital Curation |
| title | Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data Management |
| title_full | Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data Management |
| title_fullStr | Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data Management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data Management |
| title_short | Metadata and Reproducibility: A Case Study of Gravitational Wave Research Data Management |
| title_sort | metadata and reproducibility a case study of gravitational wave research data management |
| url | http://www.ijdc.net/article/view/399 |
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